9-year-old gives away birthday presents to the children of fallen police officer

It’s not every day that you hear about cops showing up to a 9-year-old’s birthday party.

But instead of breaking the party up, they came to join it.

Carson Atkins’ birthday party had good weather, good friends, swimming and cake, was missing one thing: presents.

That’s because in lieu of presents, Atkins asked his guests to bring monetary donations for the children of police officer Benjamin Deen, who was killed in the line of duty last month, reports WDAM.

“That’s the Carson that we have raised,” the Mississippi boy’s mother, April, told the news network. “He is a very giving child – he’s a very special child.”

When word got around that Atkins was doing this for Deen’s children, the Lamar County Sheriff Department saw to it to return the kindness.

“They said, ‘Oh, we’ll make sure that something happens for him that’s special,’” April said.

On his birthday, the sound of police sirens began to rip down his street; but good-guy Atkins knew that he hadn’t done anything wrong, and so, he assumed, they must have ‘come for [his] birthday party.’

Members of sheriff’s office gave Carson, whose mother says has always been interested in law enforcement, their old badges and medals as a way of thanking him for his honourable donation.

April told the news network that her son raised nearly $1,000 for Deen’s children, which will be used however the family sees fit.

“It made me feel good because I knew that I was helping someone else,” the young Atkins said.

“Father’s Day was coming up and police officers give to us every single day, so I thought that one day I could give to them.”